rutunda
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rutundo, rutundare, rutundavi, rutundatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
make round, give circular/spherical shape to; round off (sum);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →rutundus, rutunda -um, rutundior -or -us, rutundissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
round, circular; wheel-like; spherical, globular; smooth, finished; facile;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
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Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...cernimus urbis, propterea fit uti videantur saepe rutundae, angulus optusus quia longe cernitur omnis sive etiam potius..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...membris sed frustis conlata structura caret, cum illa rutunda et undique circumcisa insistere invicem nequeant. XXVIII. Praeter..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...iudicialem iustorum quaestione contineri putant, celeri magis ac rutunda usi distributione quam vera. Stant enim quodam modo mutuis..."
